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AI AMA – Part 1: OpenAI’s o3, Deliberative Alignment, and AI Surprises of 2024
Season 1
In this special AMA episode, Nathan answers questions posed by The Cognitive Revolution podcast listeners. He discusses AI developments in 2024, including OpenAI's o3 announcement, deliberative align…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Teaching AI to See: A Technical Deep-Dive on Vision Language Models with Will Hardman of Veratai
Season 1
In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan hosts Will Hardman, founder of AI advisory firm Veritai, for a comprehensive technical survey of vision language models (VLMs). We explore the evol…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
roon's Heroic Duty: Will "the Good Guys" Build AGI First? (from Doom Debates)
Season 1
In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan shares a fascinating cross-post from Doom Debates featuring a conversation between Liron Shapira and roon, an influential Twitter Anon from OpenAI'…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Emad Mostaque on the Intelligent Internet and Universal Basic AI
Season 1
In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan interviews Emad Mostaque, former Founder and CEO of Stability AI and Founder of The Intelligent Internet. We explore humanity's future with AI, fro…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Can AIs do AI R&D? Reviewing REBench Results with Neev Parikh of METR
Season 1
In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan explores METR's groundbreaking REBench evaluation framework with Neev Parikh. We dive deep into how this new benchmark assesses AI systems' ability…
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Breakthroughs in AI for Biology: AI Lab Groups & Protein Model Interpretability with Prof James Zou
Season 1
Nathan discusses groundbreaking AI and biology research with Stanford Professor James Zou from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, we explore two remarkable p…
Published on 1 year ago
Scouting Frontiers in AI for Biology: Dynamics, Diffusion, and Design, with Amelie Schreiber
Season 1
Nathan welcomes back computational biochemist Amelie Schreiber for a fascinating update on AI's revolutionary impact in biology. In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, we explore recent breakth…
Published on 1 year ago
Building Government's Largest Civilian AI Team with DHS AI Corps' Director, Michael Boyce
Season 1
In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan interviews Michael Boyce, Director of DHS's AI Corps, about bringing modern AI capabilities to federal government. We explore how the largest civil…
Published on 1 year ago
Emergency Pod: o1 Schemes Against Users, with Alexander Meinke from Apollo Research
Season 1
In this emergency episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan discusses alarming findings about AI deception with Alexander Meinke from Apollo Research. They explore Apollo's groundbreaking 70-page r…
Published on 1 year ago
Automating Scientific Discovery, with Andrew White, Head of Science at Future House
Season 1
In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan interviews Andrew White, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester and Head of Science at Future House. We explore groundbre…
Published on 1 year ago